Solid phase
Official name
Selenocystamine dihydrochloride
Secondary names
Selenocystamine hydrochloride
CAS number
3542-13-0
Type
Family
molecular solid
Class
hydrogen bonded molecular solid
Compound type
organic molecular solid
Comments
This hydrogen bonded solid is also an acid salt: $Cl^- \cdot NH_3^+(CH_2)_2Se_2(CH_2)_2NH_3^+ \cdot Cl^-$
Structure of Selenocystamine dihydrochloride
Chemical composition
Formula
$NH_2(CH_2)_2Se_2(CH_2)_2NH_2 \bullet (HCl)_2$
Chemical formula
(SeC2H4NH2)2•2(HCl)
Elemental formula
C4 H14 N2 Se2 Cl2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
6.0
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$NH_2(CH_2)_2Se_2(CH_2)_2NH_2$ Selenocystamine molecule 1 0.3333333333333333 1 mixed main
$HCl$ Hydrogen chloride molecule 2 0.6666666666666666 1 mixed main
Composition comments
structural formula: [CH2]([CH2][Se][Se][CH2][CH2][NH2])[NH2].[HCl].[HCl]
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$R-NH_2$ 2
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$-Cl \dots H-$ 2
$\geq C-H$ 8
$>N-H$ 4
$-Se-Se-$ 1
$\geq C-Se-$ 2
$\geq C-C \leq$ 2
$\geq C-N<$ 2
$H-Cl$ 1
Class
molecular solids with hydrogen bonded molecules (03)
Type
Polymolecular H-bonded solids with HCl (Hydrochlorides) (03.04)
Phase type
crystalline
Molar mass
318.99 $g/mol$
State NTP
solid
Pure color
red, violet
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